Endgame by Peter David

Author:Peter David [David, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Star Trek Fiction, Interplanetary Voyages, Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, General
ISBN: 9780671013981
Publisher: Pocket Books, c1997.
Published: 2011-05-07T08:57:47+00:00

"The same might be said of my brother," replied D'ndai. "And look at all that he accomplished."

"Zoran, did you know of this?" Ryjaan demanded.

Ryjaan looked to D'ndai, and for a long moment he was silent, wheels turning silently in his head.

"Well?" insisted Ryjaan. "At the time, you and Si Cwan were best friends. Did he mention anything of this to you?"

"No," said Zoran, sounding far more restrained than he usually did. "But there were any number of times that he left Thallon for lengthy periods. When he returned, he would never tell me where he'd been. He was rather fond of his secrets, Si Cwan was."

"So it's possible."

"Oh, yes. Eminently possible."

"Very well," said Ryjaan, and he turned back to D'ndai. "1 appreciate your informing me of this situation."

"It's more than just a situation that I'm informing you of," replied D'ndai. "You see I happen to know that Si Cwan, in his endeavors to undercut the authority of Danter, committed a variety of brutal acts. One. in particular, will be of interest to you."

"And that one is ?"

He folded his arms and said, "He killed your father."

Ryjaan visibly staggered upon hearing this. "Wh what?" he managed to stammer out.

"You heard me," said D'ndai with supernatural calm. "A high-ranking Danteri soldier named Falkar. Your father, I believe."

Numbly, Ryjaan nodded.

"You understand, I did not make the association immediately," D'ndai continued in that same, unperturbed voice. "But you and I have had continued meetings, and since our alliance was becoming more and more pronounced, I felt it helpful toplease pardon my intrusivenessexplore your background. I violated no secrets, I assure you. It was all information easily obtained through public records. But when I learned that Falkar was your father, well please forgive me that it took me this long to tell you."

Slowly Ryjaan sank into a chair. "I was a child when he left," he said calmly. "When he said that he was going to Xenex to quell a rebellion, he made it sound as if there was no question that he'd return. And he never did. His body was eventually recovered. He'd been run through, and his sword was never found. The sword of our family, gone. And all this time, I thought it was in the hands of some some heathen no offense," he said to D'ndai, with no trace of irony.

"None taken," he replied.

"You have no idea, D'ndai, how this unclosed chapter in my life has hampered my ability to deal with the Xenexians. I do so because it is what my government requires of me. But after all this time, to be able to resolve the hurt that I've always carried the unanswered call for justice." He squeezed D'ndai's shoulder firmly. "Thank you you, whom I, for the first time, truly call 'friend.' And when judgment is passed upon Si Cwanwhen he is found guilty and is to be executed for his crimesmy hand will be the one that strikes him down."

And Yoz nodded approvingly. "We would have it no other way," he said.

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